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Top 12 Greatest Muhammad Ali Performances

Today is the birthday of Muhammad Ali so what better time to once again pay tribute to the boxing legacy of “The Greatest.” When he died in June of 2016, ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Top 12 Reasons Why Muhammad Ali Is Forever The Greatest

Today is the anniversary of the birth of the amazing athlete who changed boxing forever and, as we must each year, we take time to celebrate his life ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 16, 1982: Navarrete vs Choi

For fight fans the world over, the city of Manila in the Philippines will always be reminiscent of the legendary third and final clash between Joe Frazier and ...
On January 16, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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Jan. 13, 1976: Hagler vs Watts

No matter where you place Marvelous Marvin Hagler in a ranking of the best middleweights of all-time, no one can dispute the fact few boxers have dominated a division ...
On January 13, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 4, 1940: Armstrong vs Ghnouly

As Marvin Gaye sang back in the day, “Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, baby,” and these days how boxing fans yearn for “the real thing,” for meaningful ...
On January 4, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Sun Tzu, Musashi, & The Pound-For-Pound Five

It’s a never-ending debate among hardcore boxing fans: just who are, pound-for-pound, the very best ring warriors active today. Various criteria are at play and the answers are ...
On December 22, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Dec. 20, 1963: Carter vs Griffith

You should forget that Bob Dylan song for a minute. Don’t even think about Denzel Washington. Get beyond the courtrooms, the jail cells. Go back to Pittsburgh. Was a storm ...
On December 21, 2019 / By David Como
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Henry Armstrong: Calculated Chaos

When Henry Armstrong invaded the featherweight division and assumed its pinnacle before going on to seize the crowns of the lightweight and welterweight divisions, professional boxing operated quite ...
On December 12, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Hemingway, Fitzgerald, And The Round That Went Too Long

“My writing is nothing. My boxing is everything.” So said the one and only Ernest Hemingway, one of the twentieth century’s most captivating and revered writers. Literary titan. ...
On December 2, 2019 / By Sean Crose
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Nov. 30, 1979: Benitez vs Leonard

Perhaps few people at the time realized it, but the title match between Wilfred “Radar” Benitez and Sugar Ray Leonard at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas constituted an extremely ...
On November 30, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Nov. 21, 1987: Chavez vs Rosario

No one questions the fact that Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. is an all-time great and, for me at least, the best Mexican pugilist ever, though my editor, Mr. ...
On November 21, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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Nov. 8, 1997: Holyfield vs Moorer II

The glorious second coming of Evander Holyfield had manifested itself a full year previous to his rematch with Michael Moorer, but it remained for some boxing fans a ...
On November 8, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Nov. 4, 1932: Canzoneri vs Petrolle

For fight fans who happen to be born after around 1975 or so, Billy Petrolle must seem a rather curious figure. Here’s a warrior with over 89 pro ...
On November 4, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Oct. 29, 1987: Hearns vs Roldan

The great Henry Armstrong had come agonizingly close to accomplishing the feat. Latter day legends Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran had tried and failed. But finally, for the ...
On October 29, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Oct. 25, 2003: Arthur vs Gomez

In The Year Of Our Lord 1298, the Battle of Falkirk took place, a major conflict in the First War Of Scottish Independence. On the outskirts of Edinburgh, ...
On October 25, 2019 / By Joseph Gallagher
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Hawk Time Forever

Were he still with us, Aaron Pryor would be 64-years-old today. Gone too soon, and taken in the same year that saw the passing of Muhammad Ali, the ...
On October 20, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Oct. 11, 1992: Lopez vs Lin

Ricardo Lopez’s nickname in Spanish was ‘El Finito,’ which translates as ‘The Fine One.’ Sometimes a boxer’s nickname does not aptly reflect the nature of its bearer, but ...
On October 11, 2019 / By Rafael García
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Oct. 7, 1932: McLarnin vs Leonard

In boxing, the spectacle of a once-great champion humbled by Father Time is both profoundly disturbing and, sadly, all too common. With precious few exceptions, the finest fighters ...
On October 7, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Oct. 4, 1940: Zivic vs Armstrong

Fritzie Zivic was one of the most colorful characters in the history of boxing and with 158 wins on his record, he was also no slouch in terms of ...
On October 4, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Golden Gloves

In grainy black and white, half-naked boys and young men form a line in a Montreal gymnasium. They’re lean and fit, registration cards tucked into snug white briefs ...
On October 2, 2019 / By Marko Sijan
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Oct. 1, 1975: Ali vs Frazier III

More than four decades later, one still hears the echoes, the reverberations of that final, epic struggle between two boxing legends. After all, it was more than a heavyweight ...
On October 1, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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The Fight City Podcast No. 30

Time for a new podcast with Alden Chodash who is joined this time by site founder and editor Michael Carbert as they help fight fans get set for ...
On September 26, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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Napoles and Louis: Practical Precision

Technically sound footwork in boxing is about moving just enough to accomplish a purpose. And two of the best at this balletic art of balance and precision were ...
On September 11, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Happy Birthday To “The Rock”

Today is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and we’re always going to pay tribute to the one and only “Brockton Blockbuster,” regardless of the fact his famous ...
On September 1, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Aug. 30, 1937: Louis vs Farr

The great Joe Louis, already something of a legend, made his first defense as heavyweight champion against Welshman Tommy Farr just nine weeks after his title-winning knockout over James ...
On August 30, 2019 / By Eliott McCormick
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Facing Ali

Casualties of a cruel sport. Broken spokes on boxing’s eternal wheel. Archetypes for the noble poor. Or, to cast such reductive generalizing aside, perhaps just men who made a choice. Facing Ali, ...
On August 24, 2019 / By Eliott McCormick
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Aug. 11, 1954: Moore vs Johnson V

Until December of 1952, some eighteen years after he had embarked on what would eventually be an all-time great pro career, Archie Moore was part of that long ...
On August 11, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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July 31, 1908: Ketchel vs Kelly

Alas, for so many of boxing’s truly great champions, precious little or no film exists of their exploits, but despite this, we possess solid evidence of their splendid ...
On July 31, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Benny Leonard: Ring General

Some while back, Lee Wylie offered another of his excellent analysis videos, this one a tribute to the one-and-only Benny Leonard. But like the artist he is, Wylie ...
On July 30, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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July 16, 1947: Zale vs Graziano II

In 1945 Rocky Graziano stood at the precipice of ruin. Just 26-years-old, with a record of 35-6-5, he had lost two matches in a row, two high profile defeats ...
On July 16, 2019 / By Robert Portis

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The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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